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VALDOSTA - Valdosta State University will celebrate the upcoming 237th commencement ceremonies recognizing graduating student. Release: More than 1,100 undergraduate and graduate students will be recognized during Valdosta State University’s 237th commencement ceremonies on Friday, May…
VALDOSTA - Canadian rock guitarist Ariel Posen is set to perform at the Turner Center Art Park for the Valdosta Music Series. Release: The Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts is set to host…
Valdosta City Schools: The fifth graders at J. L. Lomax elementary had the time of their life learning about angiosperms (flowering, seed-producing plants) and gymnosperms (non-flowering, seed producers) in Mr. Willie Edward’s science class! The…
City of Valdosta: Valdosta Mayor John Gayle and Valdosta Fire Department Chief Freddie Broome honored Sgt. Henry Courson as the December 2017 Employee of the Month at the Dec. 14 City Council meeting. Sgt. Courson…
EMA: Beginning Monday, temperatures across our community are expected to drop below freezing for most of the week. Please take necessary measures to protect people, pets, pipes and plants. Shelter space is available at Grace…
An Air Force medium sized robot extracts a string from a simulated improvised explosive device during a response training exercise, Dec. 21, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The EOD Airmen were evaluated on…
Valdosta City Schools: VALDOSTA - Mrs. Knight’s third grade class explored how would you design your own bedroom and what would you put in that space? In math we are learning about space and how…
VALDOSTA -- Valdosta Police Officers Randall Hancock and Derrick Manning presented this young man with his own bicycle. The child was one of the victims in a burglary aggravated assault case, according to Lt. Adam…
Valdosta Police Department: On December 29, 2017 at approximately 11am, Valdosta Police Officers and Detectives received a tip that Jackie Major was at a hotel within the 1800 block of N Ashley Street. Major had…
VALDOSTA - The 33rd Annual Observance Martin Luther King Jr. Founders' Banquet will be held at James H. Rainwater Conference Center Jan. 6 at 6 p.m. This year's theme is "Together We Win With Love…